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Students documented the island in 2006. A tsunami caused by the Chilean earthquake has threatened the residents' way of life.
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In the spring of 2006, a group of school and Chilean journalism students traveled to Robinson Crusoe Island, 400 miles off the coast of Santiago, Chile, to document life on this small and isolated island.

J-school advertising students picked up gold and silver medals at the 2010 AAF-RDU ADDY awards gala.
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The school's advertising students won two of the four ADDY awards presented by the Raleigh-Durham American Advertising Federation (AAF) to students at last week's 2010 ADDY awards gala in Raleigh.
Senior NJ Placentra won gold for his magazine campaign for Bose audio systems.

School seniors excel in Hearst radio and television broadcast competitions, move on to semifinals.
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Three school students placed in the broadcast and writing competitions of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, known as the Pulitzers of collegiate journalism.
Ashley Lopez, a senior from Miami, placed third in the radio multimedia competition. She receives a $1,000 award and moves on to the national semifinals, where she will submit additional entries for judging.

Seniors Andrew Dunn and Matthew Lynley win in professional and student publication categories of Best in Business contest.
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UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media seniors Andrew Dunn and Matthew Lynley were named student winners in the 2009 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business contest.
The wins mark the fifth time in the six years of the contest that a UNC student has won the SABEW Best in Business Award. A UNC student finished second the other year.

J-school senior John Adkisson was named College Photographer of the Year by N.C. Press Photographers Association.
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Carolina photojournalism student John Adkisson, a senior from Charlotte, was named N.C. Press Photographers Association's College Photographer of the Year Sunday, Feb. 28.
Judging was held Feb. 26-27, and awards were given Feb. 28 at the NCPPA's annual meeting at Randolph Community College in Asheboro.